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New Internet Site Uses Video

Flight Safety Information Dispensed

A new dot com company is on its way to the Internet. Called
UFlySafe, this Website plans to distribute ultralight safety information
in video and text format to the general public for free.

"If a picture is worth 1,000 words, then maybe video is
worth 1,000 pictures," says Barbara Chambers, in charge of
UFlySafe business operations and marketing. "We don't just
write about flight safety, we actually show you."

UFlySafe was born from a perceived lack of free quality flight
safety information for ultralight pilots. "There is a lot
of great information out there, and we want to pull all that info
together in one place," explains Chambers. "Websites
are the best way to get all the flight safety issues in one place
and out to the public for free." She notes that the UFlySafe
staff includes an ultralight flight instructor and an ultralight
mechanic. "That's a great combination of knowledge and experience.
It's like having your very own flight instructor and mechanic
looking over your shoulder, helping you along. You should be able
to go back and forth, from your ultralight to the videos on your
computer, or to the text files provided, and back to your ultralight."

It is recommended that users have high-speed Internet access
such as cable or DSL when visiting the Website. "We recommend
this so the user can view the video files in a reasonable length
of time," explains Chambers. "Most people have cable
TV or a telephone line in their homes already, and it's now very
easy to add high-speed cable or DSL Internet access to their existing
service. If you are using a regular telephone line connection,
you can still print the text files, but the video files will take
too long to download."

If you can download the files, you can build your own
fight safety digital library consisting of downloaded video and
printed text. "There would be HTML text files that accompany
each video clip," says Chambers. "After the text files
are printed, they could be placed in a 3-ring binder ­ a feature
I really like. With all that information right at your fingertips,
whenever pilots need information on a particular subject, they
can go to their hard-copy resource quickly."

For those pilots who don't have computers, the company will
be offering CD-ROMS or DVDs for sale.

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